Cider-press



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL LEE, OF BRUNSlVICK, NE\V YORK.

CIDER-PRESS.

FJFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,252, datedSeptember 1, 1885.

Application filed January 14, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the town of Brunswick, county of Bensselaer, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CiderPresses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cider-presses in which I render it unnecessaryto place the pomace upon a platform to be pressed with screws orotherwise, and at the same time to facilitate the work of pressing. Iattain these objects as set forth and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is avertical section showinga front view ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the entire machine. Fig. 3is a horizontal view of the trough or spout, showing in the end agrooved pulley, the stationary rollers in bottom,and the two diagonalcleats (L2(63, also the endless cloth c,with the rope o" in the center,by which the pomace may be conveyed to the press-wheels R and RSimilarletters refer to similar parts thronghout the several views.

The frame F, as shown in Fig. 1, is the frame on which the press-wheelsR and R revolve up the shafts s and 8 running in boxes 11 b, which arefastened with bolts through the frame F, and which. support thegear-wheels V V \V". The whole may be driven by worm- (No model.)

screw G,attached to shaft S,as shown in Fig. 2. The boxes I) on shaft.9, which support presswheel R and gear-whecl lv may be so adjusted thatthe pressure, as applied by the lever f, supports weight w and restsupon the fulcrum ffiwhich sets on boxes I). The presswheel R has twoflanges, one on each side, as shown in Fig. 1. The endless cloth O,wit-hthe rope r in the center, as shownin Fig. 2, passes over thegroove-pulley p and through the spout I, in the bottom of which rollersa are placed,and by which the pomace may be conveyed from grater H tobetween the press wheels R and R", and may pass out upon the bracket Pand break down on its sides and rotate back over the pulley 11*, asshown in Fig. 2, the cider escaping upon the apron s, as shown in Fig.2.

What I ask for, and claim as my invention, 1s

1. The combination of the presswheels It and It with the flanges,adjustable boxes I), with levers f, and weight w, substantially asdescribed.

2. The'endless cloth C,provided with rope I", substantially asdescribed.

NATHANIEL LEE.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN KNowLsoN, JAMES KELLEY.

